How the West Was Won vs The wild man of the West: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Frontier and pioneer life, Westerns, Fiction
How the West Was Won
They came by river and by wagon train, braving the endless distances of the Great Plains and the icy passes of the Sierra Nevada. They were men like Linus Rawlings, a restless survivor of Indian country who'd headed…
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The wild man of the West
This book, is a tale of the Rocky Mountains. The story is about a boy named March Marson who spends his days traveling and hunting buffalo for his mother. Learning about the mysterious wild man of the west, he sets out…
The verdict
- Readers rate How the West Was Won highest: How the West Was Won 4.1 · The wild man of the West 3.8.
- How the West Was Won has the widest readership — 3818 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| How the West Was Won | The wild man of the West | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.1 (3818) | 3.8 (232) |
| Hardcover | 3.5 (4) | 5.0 (1) |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (139) | 4.5 (16) |
Reception
| How the West Was Won | The wild man of the West | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 3818 | 232 |
| Editions | 19 | 117 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | — |
| Want to read | 2769 | 131 |
| Reading it now | 450 | 227 |
| Written reviews | 209 | 14 |
| Wikipedia attention | 24323 | — |
| Pages | 248 | 217 |